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I'm reading Terry Pratchett's Snuff - the Discworld was evolving into a place too faux 19th century and the alzeimer's was eating into poor Pratchett come the end. Mona Lisa Overdrive is much more engaging.

'Poverty is not an injustice. There is no such thing as causes for poverty, only causes for wealth. Poverty is not a wrong, but taking money from those who have it to equalize incomes is basically theft, which is wrong.' - Typical Randroid

i would recommend night watch , it is the pinnacle of pratchett's writing. Snuff has some good moments though. try the tiffany aching stuff,, might give you more of a feel for the pratchett of the pyramids time period
I'm currently listening to anciliary justice, first in a series about the ratcha-i. it is interesting. I'm still chonping my way trhough the alphabet detective books by sue grafton, just finished D is for deadbeat

The Fireman by Joe Hill 3/5 - Tries to be a new Stand, but comes off as a weaker Cell.Station 11 by Emily st John Mandel 5/5 - Beautiful, Lyrical, Dreamlike post Apocalypse a la Ballard.The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers 5/5 - Believable low scale Space Opera which deserves to win any and all awards it's up for.The Rise, The Fall, The Rise by Brix Smith 4/5 - The flip side to The Big Midweek, fizzingly Californian Brix is dropped into grim Manchester and tries to make the Fall into pop stars. And what happened after.

The End of the World Running Club by Adrian J. Walker 2.5/5 - Starts off well, then becomes a succession of cliches until it runs out of steam.The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross - 3.5/5 - Len Deighton by way of Lovecraft and the Hackers Bible.Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King - 4.5/5 - Collections of stories by the Master.